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U.S. Undertook Cyber Operation Against Iran to Secure the 2020 Election
(Washington Post) Ellen Nakashima - Gen. Paul Nakasone, who leads both the U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, said Tuesday that the U.S. engaged in actions in the past two weeks against Iran to ensure that it did not interfere in the 2020 election. The move against Iranian hackers working for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps came shortly after they posed as a far-right group to send threatening emails to American voters. Nakasone stressed that the agencies' work began after the 2018 midterms and will continue for weeks after Election Day, until the votes are certified. He noted that the level of foreign targeting of the U.S. election was lower than that of two years ago.